US 4,918,298 AGranted

Checkin gate apparatus

AssigneeOmron Tateisi Electronics Co.

InventorsHaruo Tanabe, Masaji Ishida, Tomoya Fujino, Tadahiko Kurata

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Abstract

A checkin gate apparatus comprises a carry-in path for carrying in a ticket inserted into an insertion slot; a reader section disposed in the course of the carry-in path to read information recorded on the inserted ticket; a ticket cutter device for cutting off the ticket into two half stubs after the reader section has read recorded information; a switchable carry path for distributing the two cut-off ticket stubs into a collection direction and a discharge direction; a collection path for collecting one of the two stubs of the ticket; and a carry-out path for carrying out the other of the two stubs of the ticket to a discharge slot. In particular, all the above-mentioned sections are housed within a movable or portable casing provided with casters and/or a handle.

Claims11

Dependent claims

A checkin gate apparatus comprising:

(a) carrying-in means for carrying in a ticket inserted into an insertion slot;
(b) reading means disposed in the course of a carry path of said carrying-in means, for reading information recorded on an inserted ticket;
(c) ticket cutting means for cutting off the ticket into two stubs after said reading means has read recorded information;
(d) distributing means for respectively distributing the two cut-off ticket stubs into a collection direction and a discharge direction;
(e) collecting means for collecting one of the cut-off stubs of the ticket;
and
(f) carrying-out means for carrying-out the other of the cut-off stubs of the ticket to a discharge slot to discharge it;
said distributing means comprising a switchable carry path disposed on a discharge slot side of said reading means, for respectively feeding one cut-off half stub to a carry path of said collecting means and the other cut-off half stub to a carry path of said carrying-out means.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.